| 2022 Nong Bua Lamphu massacre | |
|---|---|
 Primary crime scenes: The nursery in Utthai Sawan (1), Ban Nong Kung Si (2) and Ban Tha Uthai (3) | |
| Location | Na Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand |
| Coordinates | 17°14′12″N 102°09′36″E / 17.23667°N 102.16000°E |
| Date | 6 October 2022 12:50 p.m. (UTC+7) |
Attack type | Mass murder, pedicide, familicide, mass stabbing, mass shooting, murder–suicide, vehicle-ramming attack, spree killing, school shooting, school stabbing |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 37 (including the perpetrator)[1] |
| Injured | 10 |
| Perpetrator | Panya Khamrab |
| Motive | Inconclusive |
On 6 October 2022, 34-year-old Panya Khamrab killed 36 people and injured 10 others by shooting, stabbing, and vehicle-ramming in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Thailand, before killing himself. The attack mainly occurred in a children's nursery located in the Uthai Sawan subdistrict of the Na Klang district.[2][3] It is the deadliest mass murder by a single perpetrator in the modern history of Thailand, surpassing the death toll of the Nakhon Ratchasima shootings in 2020.[4]
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- ^ "Mass murder at childcare centre, 35 confirmed slain". Bangkok Post. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.